| BGS
Newsletter Online |
| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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| The month that was - older people move centre stage |
President's Column |
Editorial
Column |
| March and April saw unprecedented focus on health and social care services for older people
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Predictably, the Newcastle/ Gateshead Spring meeting held at the fantastic Sage Centre was a huge success
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How do we draw the attention of the media to our members as a source of expertise
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| Measuring needs and dependency - NPDS and NPCNA |
President Elect's Column |
Fragility Fractures - First BOA/BGS combined instructional course |
Providing cost-effective rehabilitation for older people depends on being able to match staff provision to the patient's care and rehabilitation needs
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The BGS, BSRA and the BSG have re-launched the British Council of Ageing to lobby for increased support for ageing research
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As the first combined instructional course was so successful, it will now become an annual event
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| Invest in your bones - vertebral fracture initiative |
Staff grade and associate specialists |
Trainees column |
Invest in your bones is a pan-European campaign led by the International Osteoporosis Foundation
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The staff grade and associate specialists now have a dedicated section on the BGS website
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As usual, the trainees met during the BGS Spring Meeting to discuss, inter alia, updating the curriculum
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| Medical Workforce |
The personal account of Jo Lyn Chooi, past medical student |
Primary Care, QOF and falls, fractures and strokes |
Report to the HSC on Medical Workforce issues including recruiting and retaining geriatricians
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As part of its charitable status, the BGS makes available, the Medical Students' Elective and Vacation grant
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Stroke and hip fracture following a fall have a lot in common. They can both be viewed as clinical areas with huge cost to both patient and nation.
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| Academic Clinical Fellowships in Geriatric Medicine |
The Abbreviated Mental Test - Obituary |
Parkinson's Disease Section - Specialist Meeting |
Newcastle University and the Northern Deanery were successful in their bid to the DoH for 15 new innovative academic clinical fellowship programmes More>>
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The AMT was born at a time when geriatric medicine was coming of age, moving from being predominantly a rehabilitation specialty to managing older people with acute illness
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The BGS Parkinson's Disease Section Specialist Meeting was held on 1 - 2 March
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BGS Spring Meeting 2006
Gateshead/Newcastle
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All geriatricians know that life expectancy is increasing, but how many know that it is now increasing by five hours a day?
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